[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48167-48168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18535]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP02-56-001]


Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Amendment

July 17, 2002.
    Take notice that on July 11, 2002, Southern Natural Gas Company 
(Southern), P.O. Box 2563, Birmingham, Alabama, 35202-2563, filed in 
Docket No. CP02-56-001 an amendment to its application pursuant to 
section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Sections 157.7 and 157.14 
of the Commission's Rules and Regulations for approval of Southern's 
abandonment by sale to SCG Pipeline, Inc.(SCG), all as more thoroughly 
described in the application which is on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection. This filing may be viewed on the Web at 
http://www.ferc.gov using the ``RIMS'' link, select ``Docket 
'' and follow the instructions (please call (202) 208-2222 for 
assistance).
    Southern purposes to abandon by sale to SCG an undivided interest 
in the assets of Southern's Twin 30s facilities, which extend from the 
tailgate of the liquified natural gas facility of Southern LNG, Inc., 
on Elba Island in Chatham County, Georgia (LNG Facility) to an 
interconnection to be constructed with the pipeline facilities of SCG 
at Southern's meter station at Port Wentworth in Chatham County, 
Georgia. Southern states that this amendment is to comply the 
Commission's order on June 26, 2002, in this proceeding, in which the 
Commission found that the proposed abandonment is in the current or 
future public convenience and necessity, but conditioned its approval 
on Southern amending its proposal to abandon an interest in the assets 
of the Twin 30s rather than just capacity.
    Any questions regarding Southern's amendment should be directed to 
Patrick B. Pope, General Counsel, Southern Natural Gas Company, P.O. 
Box 2563, Birmingham, Alabama, 35202-2563 at (205) 325-7126.
    There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of 
this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by 
becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or 
before August 7, 2002, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426, a motion to 
intervene in accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules 
of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

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385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). 
A person obtaining party status will be placed on the service list 
maintained by the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies 
of all documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. A 
party must submit 14 copies of filings made with the Commission and 
must mail a copy to the applicant and to every other party in the 
proceeding. Only parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of 
Commission orders in the proceeding.
    However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have 
comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with 
the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and 
two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project. 
The Commission will consider these comments in determining the 
appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will 
not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's 
rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project 
provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly 
involved in the protest.
    Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of 
this project should submit an original and two copies of their comments 
to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commenters will be 
placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive 
copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings 
associated with the Commission's environmental review process. 
Environmental commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed 
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commenters will 
not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by 
the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents 
issued by the Commission) and will not have the right to seek court 
review of the Commission's final order.
    The Commission may issue a preliminary determination on non-
environmental issues prior to the completion of its review of the 
environmental aspects of the project. This preliminary determination 
typically considers such issues as the need for the project and its 
economic effect on existing customers of the applicant, on other 
pipelines in the area, and on landowners and communities. For example, 
the Commission considers the extent to which the applicant may need to 
exercise eminent domain to obtain rights-of-way for the proposed 
project and balances that against the non-environmental benefits to be 
provided by the project. Therefore, if a person has comments on 
community and landowner impacts from this proposal, it is important 
either to file comments or to intervene as early in the process as 
possible.
    Comments, protests and interventions may be filed electronically 
via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and 
the instructions on the Commission's Web site under the ``e-Filing'' 
link.
    If the Commission decides to set the application for a formal 
hearing before an Administrative Law Judge, the Commission will issue 
another notice describing that process. At the end of the Commission's 
review process, a final Commission order approving or denying a 
certificate will be issued.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-18535 Filed 7-22-02; 8:45 am]
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